Are you scared that one of us is the ripper? asks men in the pub to the women -probably very content with their wittiness.
Every now and then under a movie title, I run into reviewers that claim they created their account to make that very review. Well, this is mine. I owe it to the victims of Peter Sutcliffe and I do not only mean the women he attacked personally. I also mean the women who had to endure the period of his attacks until the end of it. The Ripper is a crime documentary that focuses on the societal aspect of one of the most notorious feminicides in the history. Naturally, it gives us a glimpse of how the women in that time were affected by the events even if they were not personally attacked.
The rest may contain spoilers though I am not sure.
It was the admiration and the fascination of the men towards the attacker that made Sutcliffe go on for so long. (At one point, police openly plea him to stop, which makes you think wtf..) That and of course the misogynistic environment in which he had been groomed. This documentary reveals these aspects excellently and that is why it gets so many bad reviews for being 'feminist'. Apparently, crime doc enthusiasts want to think of murderers as bizarre mysterious men who have 'different' thinking. Gruesome details on killings also don't hurt lol. The Ripper does not give you any of that. It gives you the true face of a women hater and the truth is they are average men with average minds filled with unexceptional stereotypes about women and men (like what is a 'strong' men). Frequently, the police officers themselves share many of those stereotypes and beliefs so they cannot be the ones who recognise them. Yet women killers are hardly ever outcasts or extreme cases. They are regular people. Family men. Respected members of communities. Promising young fellas. Trust me, I am a keen researcher on serial killers of women, I am yet to find a mastermind of evil. Everywhere I see a forced storyline that tries to put that make up on these normal men, partly because men have lot fo sympathy for 'troubled' men and men do not want to accept that they are the main problem. This is the first crime documentary that straightforwardly states it.
It was an excellent work but not an easy watch. Being deprived from basic rights like going out at night, walking home by yourself, being in public without being afraid is a female reality. We cannot let men overlook this reality or downplay it by saying its for our own safety. I am very proud of those women who held the night time protest. It was the most sentimental moment for me.
Every now and then under a movie title, I run into reviewers that claim they created their account to make that very review. Well, this is mine. I owe it to the victims of Peter Sutcliffe and I do not only mean the women he attacked personally. I also mean the women who had to endure the period of his attacks until the end of it. The Ripper is a crime documentary that focuses on the societal aspect of one of the most notorious feminicides in the history. Naturally, it gives us a glimpse of how the women in that time were affected by the events even if they were not personally attacked.
The rest may contain spoilers though I am not sure.
It was the admiration and the fascination of the men towards the attacker that made Sutcliffe go on for so long. (At one point, police openly plea him to stop, which makes you think wtf..) That and of course the misogynistic environment in which he had been groomed. This documentary reveals these aspects excellently and that is why it gets so many bad reviews for being 'feminist'. Apparently, crime doc enthusiasts want to think of murderers as bizarre mysterious men who have 'different' thinking. Gruesome details on killings also don't hurt lol. The Ripper does not give you any of that. It gives you the true face of a women hater and the truth is they are average men with average minds filled with unexceptional stereotypes about women and men (like what is a 'strong' men). Frequently, the police officers themselves share many of those stereotypes and beliefs so they cannot be the ones who recognise them. Yet women killers are hardly ever outcasts or extreme cases. They are regular people. Family men. Respected members of communities. Promising young fellas. Trust me, I am a keen researcher on serial killers of women, I am yet to find a mastermind of evil. Everywhere I see a forced storyline that tries to put that make up on these normal men, partly because men have lot fo sympathy for 'troubled' men and men do not want to accept that they are the main problem. This is the first crime documentary that straightforwardly states it.
It was an excellent work but not an easy watch. Being deprived from basic rights like going out at night, walking home by yourself, being in public without being afraid is a female reality. We cannot let men overlook this reality or downplay it by saying its for our own safety. I am very proud of those women who held the night time protest. It was the most sentimental moment for me.